Learn how Silverlight 3 can be used to integrate rich, powerful applications into SharePoint. Walk through Silverlight basics (XAML, styles, layouts, and application settings), retrieving data from SharePoint lists and document libraries, managing code using the MVVM development pattern, and deploying the Silverlight controls to SharePoint. Steve PietrekSession Speaker Steve Pietrek, MCP, MCTS, is a Managing Consultant at Cardinal Solutions Group, a Microsoft Managed Partner, with offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Charlotte. Steve is a SharePoint Architect/Developer at Cardinal Solutions and is active in the SharePoint community through his blog, public speaking at user groups and conferences, MSDN, and Twitt
... Read MoreA walk through on the personalization features in SharePoint 2010 including the MySites, User Profiles, Wall, Notes and Tagging. Mike OryszakSession Speaker Mike Oryszak is a SharePoint Server MVP and Principal Consultant with Intellinet in the Information Workers practice specializing in SharePoint Architecture and Development. Mike has been living in the Raleigh-Durham area since 1998 and held a number of development and consulting position servicing clients from a range of industries includin
... Read MoreMy session will provide an overview of the typical online SharePoint environment and how to successfully navigate the service provided, what types of customizations are generally allowed, managing expectations, and Service Level Agreements you should know before your organization moves to a “cloud”-based service.
The session will also outline some of the pros and cons of adopting a “Services + Software” strategy and we will review some of the differences that exist in the current Microsoft Online Services offering versus how a typical IT department would provide the same service. We will review security and other concerns that typically are addressed prior to adopting a hosted-service for large enterprises and federal/military organizations.
Finally, I will provide insights to some published cases studies related to Enterprise and Federal /Military deployments and direct feedback about the process from my first-hand experience.
Ken PriceSession Speaker Ken Price is a Senior SharePoint Consultant for RDA Corporation’s Charlotte SharePoint Delivery team, which builds custom Collaboration and Information Worker solutions for some of largest and well-known companies in the US. Ken has been employed by Fortune 50, large enterprises, Federal, State and Military organizations and has over 13 years of w
... Read MoreMOSS 2007's Content Query Web Part (CQWP) is extremely powerful and enables the ability to create custom views of data queried from many sources that present data in one place. The CWQP is often an underrated and overlooked feature despite its powerful query and content refinement options. CQWP is such a powerful approach for managing and displaying content in SharePoint portals.
This session will demonstrate how to leverage SharePoint’s web content management (WCM) features to help empower non-IT staff to manage content along with aggregating content using the CQWP.
Christina WheelerSession Speaker Based in Philadelphia, PA, Christina (MCTS: SharePoint) is a Senior Consultant for Summit 7 Systems and Founder of CM Portal Solutions, LLC. With over 10 years of experience in the industry, Christina has a background in graphic design, web development, custom development, and has been working with SharePoint since May 2005. She helps Summit 7 cli
... Read More1. Content Publishing with work flow by Content Authors
- No IT Involvement
- Controlled publishing with approval
- Can be scheduled for publishing dates and content expiration
2. Drive more users to site with more interaction and built in features
- Surveys, Poll
- Videos, Podcasts
- Blogs, Wikis
3. Maintain Security
- Use current Company Authentication Store
- Separate external user logins and security
4. Collaborate with Clients
- Client Work Space
- Client Project Documents and Tracking
5. Improve SEO with Meta keywords and Tags
6. Additional Requirements, Enhancements and Maintenance
- SharePoint Platform offers Rapid Application Development
- Average development time is cut down significantly if it is build on top of SharePoint
7. Cost
- Significant savings in implementation and maintenance
- Reduced development cycle enables faster deployments
Parth PatelSession Speaker Parth Patel is Founder and Chief Solutions Architect at SharePoint Engine, a NJ based Microsoft Gold Partner focused on Enterprise Content Management, Business Process Management and Business Intelligence solutions based on SharePoint Platform. Parth Patel has over 8 years of experience in content management industry. He concentrates his efforts o
... Read MoreSharePoint 2010 has dramatically extended its’ ability as an Enterprise Content Management platform. This session will show how using Business Data Connectivity Services in conjunction with workflows in Designer 2010, Visio2010 and InfoPath 2010 extends powerful capabilities to the information worker that did not exist previously. Chuck TraywickSession Speaker Chuck is the principal consultant for Infotronics. Infotronics specializes in collaboration, development, training, business process modification and implementation technologies centered on SharePoint. Infotronics has clients throughout the Carolinas and has been working with SharePoint since 2003/2004. Infotronics is a Microsoft
... Read MoreEnterprise Content Management is an important part of many businesses, due to process efficiencies, regulations and compliancy. If you have the need for ECM but are tired of the costs, you need to look at SharePoint. SharePoint can typically provide comparable functionality at a third of the cost, but it is important to understand the Pros and Cons of migrating to this platform. If you are already using SharePoint in one form or fashion, this is an easy next step to consolidate some of your systems. We are going to look at how to plan and determine if MOSS will work for as a platform to replace existing document management systems. Martin BoggessSession SpeakerManaged a top Microsoft SI that implemented SharePoint starting with 2001 version. Managed customers migrating from Stellent, hummingbird, livelink, fileshares, Documentum, FileNet to MOSS. Worked with multiple ISV software solutions built on MOSS (K2, Captaris, Nintex, Wisdom, KnowledgeLake, Bentley, Next Docs etc).
... Read MoreHow can you make sure that your SharePoint users find what they need every time?
This session will cover the basics of setting up Search and content to maximize “findability”. The main focus is on the administrative actions needed to drive structured content management and some small customizations needed to expose the content in Search administration / Search page design.
Mike BrannonSession Speaker Mike is the National Gypsum lead person for Portals (SharePoint), Security / Business Continuity and Voice / Data / eMail Communications (Exchange). He has worked at National Gypsum for the past 24 years in various IT capacities, and has been around the IT field even longer than that. NGC deployed a sales rep / CRM system based u
... Read MoreSharePoint 2010 is poised to revolutionize how organizations connect their people, processes, and information. It will mark SharePoint’s evolution from a server application to a full-fledged platform…the world’s first “enterprise eco-system.” In this session we will discuss how the changes coming in SharePoint 2010 will affect your platform deployment, administration, and performance optimization strategies. We will outline approaches for efficient management of both application lifecycles and multi-farm, geographically-dispersed environments, review best practices for optimizing storage resources, and conclude with an evaluation of options for consolidating and exposing your legacy content in the SharePoint 2010 platform. Ryan van OsdolSession Speaker Ryan works directly with Fortune 500 and other enterprise customers to develop and implement cost-effective SharePoint management, protection, and optimization strategies. Ryan’s experience with SharePoint dates back to the early days of WSS 2.0, when he worked as a technical consultant for product companies dedicated solely to SharePoint solution
... Read MoreMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides the ability to deliver custom search user interfaces using the out of the box web parts. See how you can quickly to deliver a dynamic search experience for your end users. In this demonstration, I'll quickly discuss the options available for building the user interface. At the end, there is a walkthrough showing how to execute a search via Web Parts that can be dropped on your SharePoint sites. Russ Basiura Jr.Session Speaker Russ Basiura Jr. is the President and Chief SharePoint Architect of RJB Technical Consulting, Incorporated, an information technology company established in 1995 to provide business collaboration services. He is a published author and his books include “Professional Asp.Net Web Services” through Wrox Press, Inc. and “.Net Security”. Additional pub
... Read MoreEPM Live is Microsoft’s Partner of the Year several years running in the Enterprise Project Management space. This is a great example of a 3rd party leveraging the SharePoint platform to provide value out-of-the-box both in-house and SaaS. This session will introduce EPM Live and it’s capabilities to manage programs, projects, and enterprise resources. It will also highlight effective use of WebParts to jump-start a company’s Project Management Office. Virtual IT is an EPM Live partner. Sam CarlsonSession Speaker Sam Carlson is the leader of Virtual IT’s SharePoint consulting practice providing portal envisioning, deployment, and governance solutions to clients in federal and local government as well as the energy, construction, retail, and telecommunications industries. Sam is a regular speaker at the Roanoke, VA and Charlotte, NC SharePoint User Groups,
... Read MoreUnderstanding how to brand SharePoint for your needs. Where the pieces need to reside and the intricacies of how it interacts with your instance. Knowing what you will need including the tools you can use and the pieces you should not be without. I will also cover pitfalls that come with changing the css file that SharePoint uses. Paul TelkampSession Speaker I have been working with SharePoint in many different versions over the last few years. Having SharePoint as a content management system for my own personal sites I have wanted to step away from the basic look of SP without sacrificing the capabilities of its strength.
... Read MoreEmail management in SharePoint is a hot topic for organizations looking to further leverage their SharePoint investment. However, strategies and technologies for getting emails effectively into SharePoint and capturing email metadata must be developed and implemented. This session will discuss deployment tips and tricks that will ensure your email strategy in SharePoint is effective, adopted, and SharePoint is effective, adopted, and scalable. Bill EnglandSession SpeakerWith over 10 years of experience in the technology industry, Bill is responsible for all enterprise sales in North America for Colligo. Prior to joining Colligo, Bill was involved in a VoIP start-up division at Spectrum Signal Processing as the Regional Sales Manager for the western US and handling distribution into Asia. Bill started his career a
... Read MoreThis session will cover the new tooling features and benefits for Business Connectivity Services (BCS) using nothing but a pocket knife…. no wait, wrong presentation, I meant to say.. nothing but SharePoint Designer 2010. We will cover (1) Creating External Content Types (2) Creating External Lists (3) Creating Custom Actions (4) Consuming your LOB System Data in Rich Clients (MS Outlook), and much more. Fabian G. WilliamsSession Speaker Fabian Williams is a Technical Lead and SharePoint Architect for CDW Advanced Technology Services SharePoint Practice. He is based out of Herndon Virginia. Mr. Williams has a Bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems from Strayer University, Washington, D.C. and is 9 Credits and a Capstone away from Masters in CIS at Johns Hopkins Universit
... Read MoreIn this session we’ll look at ways that application developers can tap into the robust social computing frameworks that SharePoint 2010 provides for either extending functionality within SharePoint or for building new socially aware applications completely outside of SharePoint. Specifically we will look at the mechanics of programmatically accessing the User Profile Service, the Social Data Service, and the Activity Feed. Other topics to be covered include strategies on incorporating external social data into the SharePoint experience. Kevin DostalekSession Speaker As VP of Innovation and Education at Ambassador Solutions, Kevin is responsible for trailblazing new technologies and insuring that both our consultants and customers are up to speed on how these new technologies impact existing investments as well as how they can be leveraged on new solutions. As a 15 year veteran to the IT industry with a
... Read MoreSharePoint 2010 now has Silverlight baked into the assemblies making it easier for SharePoint Developers and Designers to create a rich environment. In this session we will discuss how to blend together SharePoint and Silverlight. We will create some basic Silverlight Applications and discuss how to get these Silverlight applications to work in SharePoint. We will go over two possible data binding techniques using WCF Web services and the new Client Object Model. Becky IssermanSession Speaker Becky Isserman has been a SharePoint Developer, since 2005 when she attended the Portal University with Levi, Ray, and Shoup in Springfield, IL. She is an Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD). She has been a web designer/developer since she was fifteen hand coding HTML 3.0 websites in NotePa
... Read MoreHaving you been using STSADM (or worse hand editing processes) to manage your SharePoint 2007 farms? Are you hearing about needing to learn PowerShell to manage SharePoint 2010 farms? This session will serve as part introduction to PowerShell and part overview of how you can use PowerShell to more efficiently and effectively manage your SharePoint 2010 farm. This session is targeted to farm administrators and IT pros and no previous experience with PowerShell is required. Brian JackettSession Speaker Brian Jackett is a Senior Consultant at Sogeti USA specializing in Microsoft Collaboration and BI technologies, primarily SharePoint development and administration for almost 3 years. Brian is a steering committee member of the Central Ohio SharePoint User Group and enjoys giving back to the community through giving presentations, volunteeri
... Read MorePowerShell is becoming the de facto command line admin tool for SharePoint 2010. Start getting prepared for 2010 by learning how you use PowerShell in your current 2007 farm. In this session we will introduce PowerShell and demonstrate how you can combine PowerShell with the SharePoint 2007 API to automate manual administration and development tasks with greater ease. Examples include quickly creating test sites, populating list data, and performing bulk custom edits across your farm. This session is targeted to developers and farm administrators and no previous experience with PowerShell is required. Basic knowledge of the SharePoint API is suggested. Brian JackettSession SpeakerBrian Jackett is a Senior Consultant at Sogeti USA specializing in Microsoft Collaboration and BI technologies, primarily SharePoint development and administration for almost 3 years. Brian is a steering committee member of the Central Ohio SharePoint User Group and enjoys giving back to the community through giving presentations, volunteeri
... Read MoreWhile the core content is targeted at the Admin and Dev (how to manage it), I cover topics that are important to the End User and CIO (why it should be managed, things to consider)
Abstract: Many companies, whether considering further investment in their SharePoint 2007 deployments or planning upgrades to SharePoint 2010, are reviewing their social media strategies. Many users are chomping at the bit to deploy and use the new, natively supported social media features in SharePoint 2010. But most administrators do not fully understand the taxonomy and data governance issues within SharePoint that are associated with these kinds of solutions. The intent of this presentation is to walk participants through the taxonomy and governance (and Intellectual Property) implications of the new social media capabilities within SharePoint 2007 and 2010, providing guidance, best practices, and working examples on how to track metadata, align these tools with their broader corporate content management strategies, and to maintain manageability of their SharePoint environment. Christian BuckleySession Speaker Christian Buckley is a SharePoint Evangelist and Senior Product Manager for echoTechnology where he helps drive product strategy and marketing. Christian previously worked at Microsoft as a Senior Program Manager on the enterprise hosted SharePoint platform (now part of BPOS), and led an engineering and PM team in advertising operations. Prior to
... Read MoreThe inclusion of FAST search in the SharePoint 2010 product has greatly increased the capability to provide an intuitive search based interface for your end users. This session will highlight some of the basics of using FAST and the benefits the platform can bring to a portal solution. Dan GilroySession Speaker Project Manager, RDA CorporationDan Gilroy is a Project Manager with RDA Corporation. He has over 15 years of experience developing business solutions utilizing Microsoft technologies. Managing cross-functional project teams ranging in size from 5 to 30, Dan has a depth of management experience in a large variety of industries and corporate enviro
... Read MoreBusiness Owner, Project Manager, Designer, Developer
In many organizations the success of projects lead to the success of the organization. A strong Project Management Solution will empower your business to align efforts across the organization and manage projects to success.
If you have experienced projects running over budget, missed or late deliverables, difficulty reporting on project status, and lack of resource management then this presentation will help you learn how SharePoint and BrightWork’s pmPoint can be used to develop Project Management solutions that help reduce project failures, enhance visibility, reduce risks, and optimize your return on investment. This presentation will also explore the role that workflow can have in a successful SharePoint-based Project Management system.
Agenda:
• Drivers for a PM System
• ROI of a Project Management System
• Brightwork PMPoint Demonstration
• Role of Workflow in a Project Management System
• Real PM Systems Yield Real Results Al Himler / Eammon GuinnessSession SpeakerAl Himler, as part of Microsoft Gold Certified i3solutions, manages a Business Unit of Consultants that specialize in SharePoint and other Microsoft technology implementations. Al Himler previously worked 15 years in the federal government in laboratory, application management, and enterprise system management roles. At i3solutions, Mr
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Introduced in SharePoint 2010, External Lists all you to expose Business Connectivity Services data (firmly knows as Business Data Catalog) through a standard SharePoint list. This could be a very complex process in SharePoint 2007 but with SharePoint 2010 the process is now made much easier. In this session we’ll cover the basic concepts of BCS in SharePoint 2010, we will demo the creation of external lists through both SharePoint designer and through Visual Studio. Finally we’ll cover some new functionality in SharePoint 2010 that supports CRUD operations (Create, Update, Delete).
Josh CarlisleSession Speaker Joshua Carlisle is a principal consultant with B&R Business Solutions. He specializes in collaboration solutions based on SharePoint, ASP.NET, and the .Net Framework. He has been developing with Microsoft tools for over 13 years and with SharePoint since 2003. In his current role he works with clients to design and implement enterprise and com
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Microsoft marches on … relentlessly. So what is SharePoint Workspaces 2010? What happened to Groove? Or maybe we should start with what was Groove? Did you know Sync Framework is in SharePoint 2010? Join Bill Jones for a look at how SharePoint Workspaces 2010 works and learn a bit about what Groove was and what it becomes in Microsoft Office 2010. Get an overview of Sync Framework as it is integrated into SharePoint 2010 and learn it can do for SharePoint developers.
Bill JonesSession Speaker As a Solutions Architect for Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, Bill specializes in software development using Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework, VB.Net, ASP.NET, C#, Windows Mobile, SQL CE and SQL Server 2008. He is well versed in all phases of software development – process, work flow, class abstraction, data structures, reporting a
... Read MoreInformation architecture is never as easy as it seems. For example, do you have a hard time deciding if you should group your documents by department or by project? This session is a practical, hands on review of the new managed metadata services for managing taxonomies, folksonomies, tags, metadata and content types in SharePoint 2010. Chris McNultySession SpeakerChris McNulty has over twenty years’ experience in financial services technology at State Street, Santander, GMO and John Hancock/Manulife. He is currently SharePoint practice lead at KMA, a New England Microsoft Gold Partner, where he leads engagements using SharePoint, SQL Server, Project Server, and .NET. Chris also holds an M
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